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e-Learning for Educators - Teaching Writing in the Middle School Classroom: All students have the capacity to be good writers and writers learn to write by writing. Participants will learn instructional strategies to teach students how to write narrative and informational text. Explore how to teach students through mini-lessons and writing conferences and how to use established criteria to evaluate writing. Go through the instructional cycle from writing prompt to revision as they create their final projects.; Take this course: Begins April 6.

Tips for parent conferences: Basic suggestions and points to keep in mind when meeting with parents.; By Mitch Katz.

Templates to help you with paperwork: In The First Year, page 1.2; Templates for a parent contact log, discipline log, multipurpose log, sub plan, in-school-suspension plan, IEP notebook, grade book, and locker log.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

LEARN NC Virtual Mentoring Program: LEARN NC mentors are experts in their subject matter and have effectively mentored teachers in their own school systems. Whatever the challenge, LEARN NC will be there from the first day of class through the final bell of the year.

The Shark Net: A discipline database: The Shark Net is a database, set up by the teacher, where students keep records of all discipline interactions, of leaving the room, and of outstanding work. It includes fields for first name, last name, date, block, problem code, comments by students, time out, and time in. At two-week intervals students filter their records to calculate class participation grades. The class participation grade counts 10 percent of the total class grade. Students with the highest-class participation grades are rewarded with special activities such as ice cream parties, cookouts, field trips, etc. Students are required to filter and print the report for progress reports, report cards, and any time a parent/teacher or student/teacher conference is planned. This activity helps the teacher keep an accurate discipline record and to maintain discipline with minimal effort. It also helps the students understand how to use a database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills and Guidance); By Calvin Evans.

Conversations, questions, and answers for a beginning teacher: A kindergarten teacher begins her career with an excellent support network.; By Kathleen Casson.

Mutual support among beginning teachers: Beginning teachers share similar concerns and problems. Communication can help them share solutions, too.; By Katie Bond.

Sample welcome letter and syllabus: Dear Parent or Guardian, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about working with your child this semester [or year]. I love teaching [insert subject] because I care deeply about each of my students....; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Choosing books that are just right: This teacher research study examines how students select books for independent reading and how teachers can help them make choices more appropriate to their reading levels.; By Melinda Parks.

Seeds of change: This lesson plan offers middle school students an overview of the physical and emotional changes of adolescence. Students will explore emotions experienced each day and how these emotions can impact behavior. Students will examine their school behaviors and identify ways to change negative behaviors into positive behaviors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)

Building your own support network: How to take charge of your own professional development and break through the isolation of the classroom.; Format: article; By Denise Young.

Weaving picture books into narrative writing: Children's picture books are the perfect medium for mini-lessons in narrative writing. Teachers provide books which demonstrate the qualities the students need to develop in their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Jan Caldwell.

Saying "yes" instead of "no": Fair Use Guidelines make room for students and teachers to use copyrighted material in multimedia presentations.; By Connie Bakker.

Support and elaboration: In The five features of effective writing, page 4; Support and Elaboration, the third Feature of Effective Writing, is how a writer fleshes out a piece of writing with specific, relevant details.; By Kathleen Cali.

Teach what you love: Stephen Mullaney works as a half-time ESL resource teacher/half-time second grade language arts teacher at Club Boulevard Elementary in Durham. This article focuses on his advice for teachers working with ESL students.; By Sydney Brown.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: The official site offers links to curriulum, policy, consultants, services and news from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: NC DPI